Websites

Earthquakes

Structure of the Earth

Interactive activity on the inside of the Earth. Interactives Dynamic Earth, Earth’s Structure,
www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/structure.html

Continental drift hypothesis

The story of Alfred Wegener. University of California Museum of Paleontology, Alfred Wegener, www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/wegener.html
The difficulties encountered by Wegener in the development of his theory. NASA Earth Observatory, Alfred Wegener, http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Wegener
Interactive activity to show continental drift. Origins Antarctica, Continental Divide, The Breakup of Pangaea, www.exploratorium.edu/origins/antarctica/ideas/gondwana2.html
Short videos. HowStuffWorksVideos, A Discovery Company:

Plate tectonic theory

Interactive activity at plate boundaries. PBS, A Science Odyssey, Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker, www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/indext.html
Information on activity at plate boundaries. US Geological Survey, This Dynamic Earth, Understanding plate motions, http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html
Map and interactive activities on major plate boundaries. Geology.com,
Plate Tectonics Map - Plate Boundary Map, http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml
Information and links. Rasmussen College, A Beginner’s Guide to Plate Tectonics,
www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/beginners-guide-to-plate-tectonics
Animations. University of California Museum of Paleontology, Geology: Plate tectonics, www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
Animations. Exploring Earth, Visualisation, Observe animations of processes that occur along plate boundaries, www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0804/es0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Map of earthquake activity in real time. Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Consortium, Seismic Monitor, www.iris.edu/seismon